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[the_rck]

We're now scheduled to have the roof done on Thursday. They think it'll be a one day job. I hope they're right. Our house isn't very big, but there's a lot of wood they're going to have to tear out and replace. We can't use the driveway while they're working.

Thursday is probably the least convenient day for the work. It's not horrible, but that's the day I work in the school library (the woman who scheduled us said that's an advantage because the work will be noisy). It's also the day the cleaning lady comes. I'll have to apologize to her for the noise.

I'm utterly indifferent as to what color the new roof is, but they insisted that I look at some samples. I think they're (not unreasonably) worried about putting on a roof and having us hate the color. I think it's unlikely that I'll develop much of an opinion. I don't look at our roof. I have no idea what color the current roof is. I don't think Scott has an opinion on the color of the roof either. I've e-mailed him to ask, and I suspect we can wait the decision until after he sees the samples, too.

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[zhelana]

Dark colors will keep the house warmer, and light colors will keep the house cooler, if you don't care aesthetically.

[the_rck]

We're going with a color called 'weathered wood' which is dark gray. The lady at the roofing company suggested it as the most neutral color they had, the one that goes with everything.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

Could you ask the roof people to come on a more convenient day next week? Or was Thursday of this week the only day available anytime soon, maybe because someone cancelled?

We've had to choose a roof shingle color in the past, and didn't really care. I think that black to absorb heat or white to reflect it are the two colors that make the most sense. After we had to decide about a shingle color, I started noticing other people's roofs all over town for a few months after that, but then I stopped noticing again.

[the_rck]

Thursday's only minorly inconvenient, really. The main thing is that I'll probably go to the school late because I want to be here when the guys arrive to start work. Normally, I leave for the school when Cordelia does, between ten to and five to eight. My guess is that the roof guys will come between eight and nine, and there's another mother helping out during the first class of the day, so I think the librarian can spare me for that long.

My impression is that this Thursday was available because someone cancelled. They told me, originally, to expect to wait two weeks, so I was worried that the weather wouldn't hold.

[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

dark colored roofs tend to heat your house up more in the summer, however in winter the snow melts off them faster. If I recall correctly you aren't fond of it being very warm so you might go with a grey roof rather than black, I wish I'd been given an option because my house temp shot up by 20 degrees in late afternoons after getting a black roof put on.

[the_rck]

Well, I picked a dark gray shingle. It's the one they suggested as really neutral and going with anything. I suspect that it may be the lightest colored shingle they've got. Certainly, I didn't see anything lighter.

I don't like being very warm, but I also dislike being very cold. Of the two, I'd rather be too warm because it hurts less. It saps my energy, but it's not physically painful the way cold is.